Good Idea Shop Talk: Week 3 (VIRTUAL) - Aug 2026
📅 20 August 2026 | 📍 Kansas
This week’s topic: When transitioning a field to a soil health intensive system, how do you know when to start cutting back on things like fungicide, traited corn, and fertilizer? Pitched by Minnesota producer Brady Wulf
This free, virtual meet-up series is for producers who want to exchange ideas for troubleshooting on-farm challenges related to improving soil and water resources, while protecting profitability.
Have you found yourself wishing you could talk to other producers who are using or considering conservation practices to improve their soil, land, and bottom lines?
Whether you lack peers in your community whom you can talk to, or you just want to hear what producers elsewhere are doing and learning, this meet-up series is for you.
Source: kssoilhealth.org
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